Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ततः पंचसहस्राणि वर्षाणि मुनिपुंगवः । निराहारो निरालोको निरुच्छ्वासो निरास्पदः

Transliteration

tataḥ paṃcasahasrāṇi varṣāṇi munipuṃgavaḥ | nirāhāro nirāloko nirucchvāso nirāspadaḥ

Translation

ต่อจากนั้นอีกห้าพันปี มุนีผู้เลิศนั้นอยู่โดยปราศจากอาหาร ปราศจากสายตาแห่งโลกีย์ กลั้นลมหายใจ และไร้ที่พึ่งพิงหรือที่พักพิงใดๆ

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तर-कालवाचक (adverb of time: thereafter)

• पंचसहस्राणि: five thousand
• पंचसहस्राणि: Visheshana (Numeral modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; वर्षाणि इति विशेष्येण सह

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma (Extent/अवधि-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कालपरिमाण-निर्देशः (अवधि)

• मुनिपुंगवः: the best of sages
• मुनिपुंगवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (मुनिषु पुंगवः/श्रेष्ठः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निराहारः: without food, fasting
• निराहारः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मुनिपुंगवः इति विशेष्येण सह

• निरालोकः: without sight/light (unseeing)
• निरालोकः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + आलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मुनिपुंगवः इति विशेष्येण सह

• निरुच्छ्वासः: without breath
• निरुच्छ्वासः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + उच्छ्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मुनिपुंगवः इति विशेष्येण सह

• निरास्पदः: without support/abode
• निरास्पदः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + आस्पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मुनिपुंगवः इति विशेष्येण सह

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage stands or sits in stark solitude by the sea, eyes lowered/closed (nirāloka), body unmoving, breath restrained; no mat, no shelter—only sky and shore.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Withdrawal of senses and mastery of breath are shown as allied to tapas, leading toward single-pointed devotion and realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukṣetra is the broader sacred landscape in which such yogic austerity is celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yogic discipline is indicated—fasting and breath-restraint—rather than a public ritual.